Interleaved Frame Types Optimized for Vision Capture and Barcode Capture

1. A barcode reader configured to operate in a pre-determined repetitive pattern of capturing a first frame and capturing a second frame over a reading cycle having a fixed duration after a triggering event, wherein the first frame is captured over a first exposure period having a first duration, and the second frame is captured over a second exposure period having a second duration, and wherein the first frame is associated with a first brightness parameter, and the second frame is associated with a second brightness parameter, and wherein the barcode reader includes a processor configured to: analyze image data associated with the first frame only to decode a barcode; and analyze image data associated with the second frame to identify one or more of: a target object, a person, or a gesture.

2. The barcode reader of claim 1 , wherein the second duration is longer than the first duration.

3. The barcode reader of claim 1 , wherein the first brightness parameter is associated with a first illumination duration period, wherein the second brightness parameter is associated with a second illumination duration period, and wherein the first illumination duration period is longer than the second illumination duration period.

4. The barcode reader of claim 3 , wherein the second illumination duration period is a zero duration period.

5. The barcode reader of claim 1 , wherein the first and second frame are captured by a camera.

6. The barcode reader of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to analyze the second image using a convolutional neural network.

7. The barcode reader of claim 1 , further comprising a processor configured to apply a first color filter to image data associated with the first frame and configured to apply a second color filter to image data associated with the second frame.

8. The barcode reader of claim 1 , wherein image data associated with the second frame includes video data.

9. The barcode reader of claim 1 , wherein image data associated with the first frame is captured at a first resolution, wherein image data associated with second frame is captured at a second resolution, and wherein the first resolution is higher than the second resolution.

10. The barcode reader of claim 1 , wherein the trigger event is based on an electronic scale associated with the barcode reader measuring a stable weight above a threshold weight for a time period longer than a threshold time period.

11. The barcode reader of claim 1 , wherein the trigger event is a scan event.

12. The barcode reader of claim 1 , wherein the trigger event is an object detection event.

13. The barcode reader of claim 1 , wherein the repetitive pattern further includes capturing a third frame over the reading cycle, wherein the third frame is captured over a third exposure period having a third duration, the third duration being longer than the first duration, wherein the third frame is associated with a third gain, the third gain being smaller than a first gain associated with the first frame, and wherein the third frame is associated with a third brightness parameter.

14. The barcode reader of claim 13 , wherein the first brightness parameter is associated with a first illumination duration period, wherein the second brightness parameter is associated with a second illumination duration period, wherein the third brightness parameter is associated with a third illumination duration period, and wherein the third illumination duration period is longer than the second illumination duration period.